The Steve Grives Podcast: Making Connections

I spoke with Shepherd University music students about meditation and wellness, and led a short sitting meditation.

A short talk encouraging us to recognize and celebrate the moments in our lives when we feel good.

A short, centering meditation for when you are experiencing overwhelming feelings.

A talk about walking while meditating and meditating while walking with my friend Iris Derke.

A talk in tandem with a blogpost on Choralnet. (choralnet.org/blogs)

The podcast is back! In this talk, Steve gives his take on the year, when we should be working and when we should be resting.

The final episode of the podcast. Just a short goodbye. Thank you all for listening.

A talk. A Mid-term assessment of my meditation practice.

Before moving on to Winter, take a few moments to appreciate Fall.

Start or end your day with this short meditation on sounds and hearing.

A short meditation on impermanence. We are all building sandcastles.

A short, guided meditation. Take a few minutes and just BE. Here. Alive. Breathing.

Steve shares a short guided meditation, "Five Minutes to Focus" applicable to choral rehearsals. 

Steve is joined by the multi-faceted musician-yoga instructor-author Jaclyn Normandie to talk about the intersection of wellness and the music profession. Jaclyn is the author of “The Mindful Musician.”

Steve talks a bit about his "Inner Critic" and offers a few ways to relate to this voice. The episode works in conjunction with a blogpost (choralnet.org/blog).

This week, I talk briefly about how I started and where I am in my meditation practice.

The first episode of the Midweek Meditation podcast series. Steve discusses the purpose of the podcast, and comments on his first blogpost on Choralnet.